We don’t just need electric cars, we need fewer cars - Greenpeace International
www.greenpeace.org
Ever since the first production car rolled off the assembly line more than 100 years ago, our love affair with automobiles has grown and grown.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/58022486

Interesting article from 2018. But nothing has changed at all. Even the electric cars I see on the road are huge.

  • bitteroldcoot@piefed.socialEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    “Genghis Khan, who established the world’s largest contiguous empire between the 13th and 14th centuries, has been branded the ‘greenest invader’ in history as his murderous invasion actually helped scrub about 700million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere. According to a new research, the ruthless Mongol warrior killed so many people during his bloody invasions that huge swathes of cultivated land depopulated and returned to forest.”

    https://www.wwf.org.co/en/?199285/Genghis-Khan---the-greenest-invader-in-history